Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-17
OUR VISITORS.
Representative C:tz-ns Of fhs North
and East Spend Several Hours
In FoTG Worth.
Who They Esrs, Where They Cams From
and What Ihey Ind While In the
Rs;lrosd Center.

uoS ~ tut2 LHHg 4tAsS Udu City Ike
For. Worth snd 80 expressed themselves.
The Missouri Pacific excursion train
which brought 1el C.lifornis Excursion
lists, did not STRIVE until 80, but WHEN
| they did get here taey Were welcomed by
committees in waitipg az the Uoion depot,
! who had already taken csre Of the seven
~ Eve eXcursionists who came in On the
T,x,s and Pacific from st. Louis. Nearly
al were driven up town to the Pickwick
and Bills hotels, aud later were escorted
oy ciuz IDS to the Commercial Club rooms
joseph 81 Browns and other Leading
houses. After dinner the streets about
the hotels were crowded With carriages
of all descriptions and many OF the visit
ors were shown over the city. OF course,
she msj Jrlty Of the visitors had heard OF
Fort " Worth, but as rule they bad n
celved the idea that this proud city was
good slZ d rambling country town, sur
rounded by large herds Oi cattle, grazing
On ground that did not gov cotton,
wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,
sorghum, alfalfa, app es, pesches,
pears, grapes, plums, poAto s,
cabbsges, turnlps, peas, cucuDboIs,
radishes, Strawberries, pecans, goooe!s
and In facs cereals, vegetables, nuts and
fruits of ali kinds except those peculii1
to the t1op cs. The visitors cid not see
the walking arsenal, nor the arid was es
Of sand connected In tee popular mild
with Texas. They were astonis1t d AID
SO expressed Themselves, and w1en these
good people reach California end see thst
| country they cannot help comparing it
WITH glorious Texas. Messrs. iTrett
| and Lewis, representing the railroad Gem
| panies, aided by the citizens, did all
in their power to make the occa-
sion q pleseant one and must have
succeeded admirably judging from ex
pressiops heard from the excursionists.
As soon IS the passengers got OF the
trains each one WAS handed large carr
bearing the words, "Welcome to Fott
Worth, Tex the railroad center OF The
sou Invest. Railroads in 1876. one; in
| 1887, eleven. Population in 1876, 1000;
il 1887, 80. O00" Ia the center OF thu
card WAS q large s.sr enclosing tie
numerous railroads concentrating al Fort
Worth, while above this sr was the il
scription, "rhe distributing point Of
Texas" at several Of the establish
ments visited souvenirs Of various nds
were distributed. Among the acts of hos
pitalit9 shown the visitors was +. due
ton of 33R per cent. in the regu'a' rates
made by me Hotel Pick~ick in Keeping
with its previous record of generosity,
and both citizens and visitors appreci 4ted
1t.
| After spSndicg pleasant day these
peopIe, who were in every way represea-
letiVea Of the besttypss % American ci:i-
iz-DshiD, lsfG the city for the depot where,
| ~
Firsins pulled oa5 for the west Tae
handsome and cultured Ladies Of the party
won eli hearts, and the gentlemen general
admiration. Texas and Fort Worth, in
return, made good impression, and viii
at all times trebly welcome the visitors.
ihe train from St. Louis was il cnsrge
Of Mi II John G. Lewis, VINO won the
hearty Communications of all for lis ge-
Dial kindness and IF )rts to mske things
1leasant. The passenger list WAS as fol
lows: Donald Russell, wife and four Chill
dren, OsWego, N. Y; T a. WerdeD ko Fl,
Cleveland, Oaio; James Brown. Co!ora-
do; f. ". Freeman, Os@eg NY; &C
R.ymond, Os1ego, N. Y; o. SmiLn,
OHIO; w. W. Smith, F4ctory vile, Ono !;
Dr.. Briggs, Osweso, N. Y Mrs Briggs,
Osw.gc, N Y Miss Dawson, Osnego, N.
Y; MIS-. Jno. Smith, Oswego, N. T.:
Jonn N. Watts, Isaac Watts, Spring-
n4ld, LII F.; David Trip and fanny,
Farminedale, Ill Mrs. Lucy Mann,
Fsrmip gdale, III Mrs Geo " Morry !,
Leda, Il. Z; Mr.. and Mrs. Owen, Plttsfsld,
Mass. Mrs T. C. Richards, Odin, ILL.,. :;
Mrs. John A. Partle and family, Little
rick, Ark Charles R-dmsn, Oswego,
In. Y: J. T. Messeresn, O.wego,
NY;C L Mckee, Columbus, OHIO; j.
W. Ssockbridge, ST. Louis, Mo-; Z. II.
| r Johnson. Mrs. 7. A. Cony, Lawrence
vile, II; Miss S,Taa Bryan, ST. Louis,
Mo Miss N5llie Brysn, Chicago, Ill /;
| Miss S, Brannop, Webster Grove, Mo !;
Valenttne r is, Il F. R5is, BelIeville,
I'll Mrs Wlmot, Mrs Chandler, Bridge
port, Conn.
The Kansas City Train vas loaded and
| Mr.. C. g Barrett, the popular passenger
raveling agent OF the Missouri Pacific.
| vas In charge Of the excursIonists, aud
right well did he care for then. His list
| Il passengers were as follows: A. W.
Jansen and wife, LincolD, Neb H. W
Killer, George L Brown, David City,
Neb.; j. NJ. Rankin, Kansas City,
Missouri; S. Davenport and wife,
Is L Chase, wife and daughter,
Lincoln, Neb II W. Parker, Go1stown,
N.H;J McMurtry, wife and daugh :
ter, Lincoln, Neo George A. Hall and
wife, Eureka, Kas.; 7. L. Van Dorm,
IOa.hs,iNeb. NJ. 0. Mara. Du nth, MINI. {;
J. A. II addison and wife, W. W. Holmes,
vile and SOD, Lincoln, Neb George
Simms, Cincinnati, OHIO; W. w. Rssn-
more, E, Psso, Tex; s. Il. Gowdv,
| Detroit, Mich; n Gowdy, Cheuyvale,
Kss; z c. Wright, Kansas City, No.;
s. c Hawthorn, Klngman, Kss Miss
Annie Newhsll, Worcester, Mass; q.
| ". Hall and wife, G. N Hale and Miss
r D. Hale. Malone. N. Z; Mrs. Park
r ,chie, DR.. J. A. Qlinn and wife, st
Paul, MINI j. S. Phillips and wife,
Miss S. B. Phillips, Malone, N. Y Miss
e. Boyle, Chicago, ILL.,. A. Z. Z CD aud
wife, Miss M. l. Rich and n. P Ricn,
hastings, Mimi; Thomas WEIGH and wlfs,
Miss S. A. WEIGH, and Mics C. S. WEIGH,
Henderson, MINI; Miss L c. Doreu,
Mrs. j. a. Lyons, LIE Sueur, MINI. !:
A. Weaver, Wife and daughter, Mics l..
N. Weaver and 81. j. Cameron Kirwia,
K.s G. ". Rasco, St. Joseph, No T.
2 TIneIey and wife, +. ". NcLaushlin